superbounce

superbounce

English

Etymology

super- +‎ bounce

Noun

superbounce (plural superbounces)

1. An extremely big bounce.
   • 1974, Phillip F. Ostwald, Cost Estimating for Engineering and Management, page 443:

     In analyzing the costs of their new superbounce ball, the promoters were contemplating whether costs could be reduced using different combinations of raw materials.

   • 2010, Lotus Rose, MachoPoni: A Prance with Death:

     For a moment, he feared he might not to be able to make it, but he gritted his teeth and strained, putting all he could into one final, massive superbounce and he just barely cleared the wall and went over.

   • 2021, Ashley Bristowe, My Own Blood: A Memoir, page 178:

     To her, my everyday life is like a bag of superbounce balls that's been dropped just as a steeplechase detours through our dining room.

2. (cosmology) The recreation of an expanding universe through a Big Bang after the universe has completely collapsed due to gravity, as opposed to a cosmological bounce in which the universe bounces back into expansion after a contraction which is not complete.
   • 2016, S. Nojiri, S.D. Odintsov, V.K. Oikonomou, “The bounce universe history from unimodular ${\\displaystyle F(R)}$ gravity”, in arXiv‎:

     Particularly, we shall study the matter bounce scenario, the singular bounce, the superbounce and a symmetric bounce scenario.

Verb

superbounce (third-person singular simple present superbounces, present participle superbouncing, simple past and past participle superbounced)

1. To bounce with extreme force.
   • 2000, The Industry Standard - Volume 3, page 197:

     Tough to say, Chroust concedes, since it's hard to tie sales specifically to superbouncing balls, which cost about $3 apiece, depending on the quantity ordered.

   • 2014, Julian C. Chambliss, Ages of Heroes, Eras of Men, page 145:

     Even Bouncing Boy's power of superbouncing, while silly, could be used offensively.

   • 2015, Hayley Camille, ‎James Floyd Kelly, The Ultimate Player's Guide to Skylanders Trap Team, page 8-52:

     Before you super-bounce, explore left to claim the Soul Gem for Thunderbolt.